My Answer to the Anti-Military Protesters in Denver

I heard on the news that today, an alliance of radical idiots has converged upon Denver to stage anti-war, anti-military, and anti-American demonstrations. Starring lunatics like Cindy Sheehan and a recording from Black Panther terrorist Wesley Cook (currently on death row), they are hoping to violently "recreate 1968." They've chosen the DNC as their venue because of their far left wing Democratic Party leanings, and they are hoping for riots or the like to receive national media coverage.

My answer to these people with marbles for brains is to invite them to leave our great nation, since they so obviously hate us and wish nothing more than to destroy the virtues and values upon which America was built.

So instead of focusing on lunatics, I would like to give THANKS to the men and women who have worked, fought, been wounded, and died to preserve the freedom in which we live. Following are the words to a song written by Dr. Sam Bierstock which states most eloquently how I feel. The song was written to openly and vocally give tribute to veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, before there are none of them left to HEAR the thanks which they so richly deserve.

Before You Go
Quietly you've all turned gray
You did your job, You saved our way
Our life of freedom you preserved
We've thanked you less than you've deserved.
You never boasted, bragged or asked
For adulation for your past.
You sacrificed your youth to war.
We owe you more, we owe you more.
Thank you for your wondrous feats,
For open speech and quiet streets.
For worship as we choose to pray,
For preservation of our way.
You leave us blessed with every breath,
That cost you arms and legs and death.
You did the job you knew was right
And silently, you cry at night.
For bodies maimed and comrades lost,
For sights beyond our furthest thoughts.
For what you've lived and felt and seen,
For what the cost freedom means.
Before you go we need to show
That in your silence we still know
What you accomplished and what you did
For who we are and how we live.
So go with love from wives and sons
and daughters for a job well done.
From kids who've never seen a tank,
We give you thanks, we give you thanks.
For homes and jobs and baseball games,
For many colors, many names.
You saved our lives and we're still free
From shining sea to shining sea!
Thank you, Thank you
Thank you, Go in peace.

To see the photos and hear the song sung online for free, go to:
http://www.managedmusic.com/php/BYGIndex.php?page=playBYGVN

My heartfelt thanks go to every Veteran who has served our country in war or peacetime -- and especially those currently serving in the mideast theater -- THANK YOU for all you have done to preserve our nation, right down to making it possible for idiots like those in Denver today to speak their minds freely without fear. It could happen only in America, where our cherished freedom is protected so vigilantly by men and women of honor.